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Mohammed Abdul Matin

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Mohammed Abdul Matin
মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল মতিন
7th Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
9 July 1986 – 13 August 1989
Prime Minister
Preceded byJamal Uddin Ahmad
Succeeded byKazi Zafar Ahmed
Member of Parliament
for Pabna-5
In office
18 February 1979 – 12 February 1982
Preceded byAbdul Momin Talukder
Succeeded byRafiqul Islam Bakul
Member of Parliament
for Sirajganj-7
In office
7 May 1986 – 6 December 1990
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byKamruddin Ahia Khan Majlish
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byChoyon Islam
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
12 June 1965 – 25 March 1969
Preceded byAbdullah al Mahmood
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyPabna-III
Personal details
Bornc. 1932
Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal
Died (aged 80)
Shantinagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party
SpouseTasmina Mahmood
RelativesAbdullah al Mahmood (father-in-law)

Mohammed Abdul Matin (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল মতিন; 1932 – 13 June 2012), popularly known as MA Matin,[1] was a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and a deputy prime minister of Bangladesh.[2]

Early life and education

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Mohammed Abdul Matin was born in c. 1932 to a Bengali Muslim family in Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, then a part of the Pabna District of the Bengal Presidency.[3]

Career

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Matin founded Sirajganj Shishu Hospital and North Bengal Medical College in Sirajganj. He was the former chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party.[4]

Matin was elected to parliament from Pabna-5 as a Bangladesh Muslim League candidate in 1979.[5] He was elected as a member of parliament from the then Sirajganj-7 constituency as a candidate of Jatiya Party in the 3rd Jatiya Sangsad elections on 7 May 1986 and the 4th Jatiya Sangsad on 3 March 1988.[6][7] Matin was elected to parliament from Sirajganj-7 as a Bangladesh Jatiya Party candidate in 2001.[8]

Personal life

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His wife Tasmina Mahmud, a notable physician, was the daughter of Abdullah al Mahmood, former minister of industries and natural resources of Pakistan, and the sister of BNP politician Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku.[9][10]

His elder son, Mohammed Abdul Muqit, is a professor in the Department of Cardiology at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. His younger son, Mohammed Abdul Muhit, is a deputy vice-chancellor for the Asian University of Bangladesh.[11]

Death

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Matin died at his home in Shantinagar from cardiac arrest on 13 June 2012.[4] He was buried in his family graveyard in Sirajganj.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Dr MA Matin passes away". The Daily Star. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Vice President Named By Bangladesh Leader". The New York Times. 1 December 1986. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ সাবেক উপপ্রধানমন্ত্রী এম এ মতিন আর নেই. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Dr MA Matin passes away". The Daily Star. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ ""List of 3rd Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ "List of 8th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ সাবেক উপ-প্রধানমন্ত্রী ডা. এম এ মতিনের সহধর্মিনী আর নেই. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  10. ^ Das, Swapan Chandra (13 June 2020). সিরাজগঞ্জের তিন নক্ষত্রের চলে যাওয়ার তারিখ একই. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  11. ^ সাবেক মন্ত্রী ডা. এম এ মতিন আর নেই. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  12. ^ ডা. এম এ মতিনআর নেই. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.


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